A lot of chis can avoid it if they eat two good meals per day, unless a chi is really susceptible to it. The Maltese and Yorkie are the same way. My male Maltese was susceptible to it even when he ate, if he felt stressed or over excited like when we went on vacation and he came with us, or when he would go to the vet. I use to give him Nutra-cal a couple of times before any big event, and afterwards, and that helped to avoid it. His sugar level use to burn up real fast from stress. We use to do that with the puppies in the pet shop when they first came in for several days until they calmed down and it always helped to prevent an emergency visit to a vet.
Nutra-Cal is better then over feeding them every day, since chis gain weight so easily. But for everyday life you have to be careful not to overload them with Nutra-Cal too, or you could run the risk of having too high of a sugar level. It's like everything else in life, too much of a good thing, can have it's side effects to. Peggy -------Original Message------- From: Alice Date: 07/01/13 02:47:11 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Help with my little friend I heard that Chi's can get hypoglycemia if they don't eat small meals throughput the day. So I leave a bowl of kibble down all the time. In the morning when I feed Minnie, I have to hand feed her a couple bites before she'll eat. \ \ /\ Alice ( ) [email protected] .( ). Sent from my iPad mini On Jun 30, 2013, at 6:10 AM, Robin Gordils <[email protected]> wrote: Both my Chis were/are bad eaters, Alice had to be hand fed for a few weeks, now eats well and Monte is a sloow semi interested eater. If he gets his meal late he won't eat, won't eat treats, canned food, pnut butter, chicken or steak while in his crate. How big/old is Blacky, with a healthy dog I would let it go hungry for a couple of meals. I leave the food down for 15 minutes and if it is not eaten I pick it up and feed again at the regular meal time. I have to feed Monte on the couch with me next to him, if I walk away he follows me. But a dog from a shelter often has a separation anxiety issue. Robin, Dobe Axel CGC, TT, German Pin Ranger CGC, TT, Chihuahuas Alice CGC and Monte CGC, MinPins HoneyB, Brutus, and IMPS foster Jordan Www.minpinrescue.org Www.chi-rescue.com Http://chihuahua.rescueme.org/Florida Mommabear7772004 <[email protected]> wrote: What have you tried so far ? I would gradually mix what you want her to eat in with the table scraps , eventually cutting out the scraps . A good holistic canned food with lots of meat and no corn , wheat etc might appeal to her . If you can get her to eat that then you can mix some dry in with it . Again , something with meat as its main ingredients , not corn or wheat . How are her teeth ? A table scrap diet can be bad for teeth . Does she crunch any dog treats ? Sheryl Sent from my iPhone On Jun 24, 2013, at 5:21 PM, "fedupweverything" <[email protected]> wrote: Hi I am very new to this group and i am not sure how all of this works. I was wondering if anyone has had the same problem I am having. I got this little girl from a family member who just passed. I have had her a month and i am having feeding issues. My aunt only fed "Blacky" table scraps and I know this is not good for them, but I can't get her to eat anything else. Any suggestions?
